Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Apraxia, Caudate Nucleus, Commissure

• School: Western University
• Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Course: Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319
• Professor: Peter Merrifield

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Feel free to email me (oneclass512475@gmail. com) if you have any questions or don"t understand something! Lab 2 cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, and white matter. Review the names and location of cerebral lobes and landmarks. Name, locate, and describe the functions of the motor, sensory, and association areas of the cerebral cortex. Describe the symptoms of cerebral cortex lesions. Primary cortex is for detecting the stimulus while the association areas are for interpreting the stimulus. Primary somatosensory cortex: function: receives general sensations (e. g. pressure, pain, proprioception, location: post-central gyrus, sensory homunculus: Amount of region related to sensitivity (lips and fingertips cover greatest region) Somatosensory association cortex: function: interpretation of touch stimuli from primary somatosensory cortex, location: posterior to (behind) primary somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe. Central sulcus primary somatosensory cortex somatosensory association area. Primary visual cortex: function: visual information from the retina of the eye, location: posterior and medial aspect of occipital lobe (i. e. towards the back & near middle)